The minutes for the November 18, 1999, meeting were accepted and approved as submitted (M/S/U - Kleppinger/Toppel). Senator Kleppinger asked for clarification on Item VII.A (Approve Ranking of New Faculty Allocations). He asked how and when the Senate will be informed as to whether or not a sixth position will be filled. President McKay stated that she will keep the Senate informed.

The Senators agreed to reorder the agenda to accommodate guests and that item VIII.A would be addressed immediately after Item VII.A (M/S/U - Kleppinger/Akers-Martin).

IV. Oral Communication from the Public

There was no oral communication from the public at today's meeting.

1. Ms. Chan and Mr. Leong announced the formation of the Chinese Students Association (CSA) at Mission College. The CSA of Mission College is a non-profit organization established by and for students of Chinese heritage, friends, and other parties interested in Chinese people and culture. The mission of the club is to promote awareness of Chinese culture, to foster friendship among students, and to provide information and services to assist members to adapt to the college environment and the local community. The goals of the CSA are to educate and inform community college students of issues related to Chinese culture as well as to involve members in cultural, educational, social and community service activities. CSA members will have the opportunity to meet new friends who can provide help and support in their college experiences and in reaching their educational objectives. Marsha has agreed to serve as advisor and the ASB formally recognized the club on October 14th. The CSA has finalized its constitution and participated in the Student Services Fair organized by EOPS, and a website is available (mccsa@hotmail.com). Kevin asked the Senate members to inform their colleagues that it is his intention to visit the classrooms next semester in order to advise students about the CSA. President McKay thanked Marsha for volunteering to serve as advisor.

A. Curriculum Committee - The committee is working on the manual. Chair Betty Grayson has issued an e-mail message with the final date for submitting curriculum (January 14, 1999). The committee intends to adhere to the deadline.

B. Staff Recognition - The following resolution was presented and unanimously passed by the members of the Academic Senate (M/S/U - Patton/McKay):

Whereas, Ian Walton has served five terms as the Mission College Academic Senate President, often in harrowing times; and

Whereas, Ian Walton has served over two years on the Executive Committee and the Education Policies Committee of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, lending his intelligence and expertise to many papers and positions; and

Whereas, Ian Walton currently serves the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges in the capacity of Technology Chair and Area B representative; and

Whereas, Ian Walton chaired both the Fall Plenary Session of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, and its 1999 Technology Institute; and

Whereas, Ian Walton serves as a representative of Mission College at state-wide meetings and consistently represents us so well and makes us so proud; and

Whereas, Ian Walton has shown unwavering commitment to the principles of shared governance; and

Whereas, Mission College and the District have benefited over many years from Ian's good sense, hard work, intelligence, altruism, mentorship, and humor; and

Whereas, The students of Mission College have benefited from Ian's commitment to excellence and innovation in teaching and learning; and

Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Mission College Academic Senate recognizes Ian Walton for his many contributions to our community, faculty, and students, and

Be It Further Resolved, That the Mission College Academic Senate thanks Ian Walton for his hard work and dedication to that which is best about education, and

Be It Finally Resolved, That the Mission College Academic Senate wishes Ian Walton much success and happiness in all his endeavors.

The following resolution was presented and unanimously approved by the members of the Senate (M/S/U - Patton/McGee):

Whereas, Hoan Pham has provided invaluable service to Associate Faculty at Mission College; and

Whereas, Hoan Pham has improved the services and facilities in the Associate Faculty Center; and

Whereas, Hoan Pham consistently demonstrates a high level of skill and professionalism; and

Whereas, Hoan Pham has tirelessly assisted the divisions of Math, ESL, and Communications during staffing transition; and

Whereas, Hoan Pham always approaches his job with a positive and pleasant demeanor;

Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Mission College Academic Senate recognizes Hoan Pham for his many contributions to our community, faculty, and students; and

Be It Further Resolved, That the Mission College Academic Senate recognizes and deeply appreciates the dedicated service, friendly smile, and dedication Hoan Pham has given to faculty and staff of Mission College.

Dr. Walton and Mr. Pham will be presented with a letter and a certificate.

C. Committee Appointments

1. Christian Club - Elizabeth Cogswell was officially appointed as advisor to the Christian Club (M/S/U - Hudak/Kleppinger).

2. Program Review Committee - The Senators unanimously confirmed the appointment of Son Le and Clement Lam to this committee (M/S/U - Hudak/Kleppinger).

1. Instructional Technology Committee - Committee has not met since the last Senate meeting.

2. PFE Steering Committee - Dianne reported that the committee has met and continues to have concerns as to how the money will be allocated for this year. Last year's process worked very well; this year's process, however, has not been defined to date. This matter will be on the agenda for the District Academic Senate meeting scheduled for December 9th.

3. Distance Learning Committee - No report was made today.

4. Others - No other reports were made today.

Dianne explained that this agreement was presented to the Academic Senate last year for consideration. Judie Del Frate, Chair of the Technology Prep Committee presented an amended document developed with the assistance of Articulation Officer, Don Cordero and Judy Hooper. Judie explained that this process, if approved, will serve as the basis for articulation agreements between high schools and Mission College for students taking non-transferable courses at the college. She noted that there is an agreement for one drafting course that is transferable but is not accepted by the university. She indicated that the Health Department may be offering transferable courses in the future as well. At this time, it is understood that the committee will consider each situation on an individual basis.

Judie advised that the program is primarily vocational. It is anticipated that the program will expand to other areas in the future. The process allows for a Mission College instructor to articulate an approved MC course with a high school instructor. The course outline is to match the Mission College course content at the university level. The agreement sets up a mechanism that allows the Technology Prep Committee to discuss articulation. Judie confirmed that all decisions are made within the departments and divisions. Marketing tools will be developed to advertise Tech Prep in the high schools. The Senators unanimously approved the process as submitted (M/S/U - Toppel/DeMarco).

As agreed, the order of agenda was suspended and moved to Item VIII.A.

A. Consider Resolution on Departmental Dispute

President McKay summarized a written request from Phil DeMarco, as Department Chair for General Business, that the Senate consider the following resolution, which she read, as a means of resolving a dispute between the General Business Department, housed under the Technology Division and the Accounting Department, housed under Commercial Services Division:

Whereas, The Mission College Academic Senate is the institutional body responsible for the Education; and

Whereas, The Curriculum Committee exercises curricular decisions as a sub-committee of the Academic Senate under policies and procedures provided by the Senate; and

Whereas, A recent reorganization of Mission College affected the traditional relationships of disciplines, curricula and faculty which have not been resolved by policy and procedures changes; and

Whereas, New accounting curricula may have been approved without resolving concerns of faculty in the General Business Department; and

Whereas, The departments have not resolved curricular issues among themselves; and

Whereas, Curricular policies and procedures created by the Senate are intended not only to govern the curricular process, but provide direction through intent and spirit by encouraging collaboration, consensus and dispute resolution among and by faculty at the most basic levels and throughout the college so,

Therefore, Now Be it Resolved, That the rightful determination issues between the departments be returned to the departments for joint resolution to be forthcoming in writing to the Senate Secretary no later than two weeks, hence for placement on the agenda for adoption by Senate three weeks, hence at its regular meeting, but should said joint resolution not be forthcoming as specified, the Office of Instruction shall be notified to remove the subject accounting courses from the Spring schedule permitting no registration, therein, and

Be it Further Resolved, That the Curriculum Committee be instructed to approve by ratification the accounting courses also for the General Business Department as general business courses, thereafter to be scheduled as accounting or general business courses by each department in whichever division they may find themselves thereafter.

Dianne offered several options to the Senate for dealing with the above resolution and opened discussion on the matter. In order to clearly explain and define the complaint of the department, Phil pointed out three primary concerns relating to this dispute. First, the organizational structure has changed, and few people know that some of the Business Departments are not associated with others. The college's processes have not changed in order to accommodate the current structure. Consequently, curriculum is processed through the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) without the advice and consent of all concerned parties, which is against current policy. These courses could have an adverse effect on the Business Department's loads. Secondly, frequent requests for assistance in this matter were fruitless. Thirdly, the faculty in the General Business department question the appropriateness of moving forward with a duplication of curriculum just because the CRC has approved the courses. He cited an incident in which the Business Department wanted to offer a Business Statistics course; the Math Department objected on the basis of overlap and the course was not allowed.

Diane Lamkin, chair of the CRC at the time the courses in question were submitted to the CRC agreed that there is a problem. The committee assumed that discussion regarding overlap or conflicts had taken place since the appropriate Division Chair and Department Chair had signed the required forms. She also stated that the committee does not have a policy in place that deals with issues of overlap. The committee, however, is currently working on such a policy. She advised that important considerations in determining overlap are the number of units allotted to the proposed course and the proposed targeted student population.

The Technology Division, which houses the General Business Department, is chaired by Peter Xiques, and he accepted full responsibility for this matter. He is not knowledgeable about Business courses and he completely missed the overlap question. He stated that Phil, Chair of the Business Department followed the appropriate avenue for resolution to ensure fair and equal treatment. The issue of overlap exists and should only be permitted if agreed upon by all concerned parties.

Dianne summarized the problems accordingly:

1. Organizational Issue - Two similar departments in two separate divisions.

2. Process Issue - Cannot resurrect the events that occurred; fault lies in many areas.

3. Curriculum Issue - The courses have been approved by the Board of Trustees, they are listed in the schedule of classes, and students are registering for those classes.

4. Duplication Issue - Considered based on unit value of courses and differences in the targeted student population.

Dianne reiterated the options available to the Senate, and stated that it is the Senate's intention to come up with a resolution to the problem. After a rather lengthy discussion, a motion to approve the above resolution as written failed for the lack of a second. The following motion was made (M/S - Toppel/McGee):

"that the Mission College Academic Senate directs the two departments to use due diligence to resolve the curriculum issues between them and report back to the Senate in February 2000;

that the Curriculum Review Committee exercise due diligence in considering and approving the Overlap Policy and report back to the Senate on its resolution by April 2000; and

that the two divisions recognize the issues inherent in their organization and that they exercise extra effort in communicating with each other on all matters in the future."

Further discussion took place, some stating that the above motion does not address the issues presented by Phil. Dianne stated that if the Senate agrees to pull the classes from the schedule, one could argue that such action removes the inducement to negotiate. To do so would also negate a process which our colleagues and representatives followed in good faith. Senator Toppel stated that pulling the courses for the Spring semester is more problematical than letting them go for one semester. In the absence of policy, she urged that the policy be drafted as quickly as possible and that the courses be reviewed based on the new policy. Phil reiterated that there is a process in place that does not seem to be working at this time. Both Steve and Peter expressed concern that the proposed courses are not coming to the Division Chairs in paper form and urged that the Senate take steps to ensure that the policy is followed. Carol noted that CRC minutes used to reflect first and second readings for proposed curriculum. This provided an opportunity for those with concerns to address them between the two readings. Steve expressed his regret that the dispute has reached this level and was not settled beforehand.

Ultimately, Dianne brought discussion to an end and the above motion was passed (6-2).

The remaining agenda items under Old Business and New Business were postponed to future meetings.

1. Letter dated November 15, 1999, from the state Chancellor's Office re: The CCC Educational Technology Awards.

2. Letter dated November 19, 1999, from the state Chancellor's Office re: Regulation Adoption -

Waiver of Program-Based Funding Requirements.

3. Letter dated November 16, 1999, from the CC Leadership Development Initiative with a

request for a response to a Leadership Survey.

1. The summary notes for the Executive Administrator's meeting of November 4, 1999.

2. The summary notes for the MC Administrative Council meeting of November 8, 1999.

3. The agenda for the December 1, 1999, meeting of the District Council.

4. The agenda packet for the MC Curriculum Review Committee for November 29, 1999.

1. The Mediterranean Cruise offered through PE Department/Social Dance at Mission College is scheduled for June 3-10, 2000. Additional information is available from Donna Frankel (408- 257--3455).

2. The Mission College Testing Center will remain in N3-601 for the coming Spring semester. Classes scheduled in N3-601 will be moved to N2-601.

3. The Learning Paradigm Conference will be held March 15-187, 2000, in San Diego. It is a cutting edge conference on education. For additional information contact Jim Van Tassel or learncon@palomar.edu.

4. The 2000 Legislative Conference sponsored by the CCLS will be held in Sacramento, February 6-7, 2000.

5. The Innovations 2000 Conference, dedicated to improving student and organizational learning through innovation, experimentation, and institutional transformation will be held in Orlando, Florida, February 27-March 1, 2000. On line registration: www.league.org.

6. The California Assessment Institute sponsored by the Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges, the CCC Chancellor's Office, and the RP Group will be hosted by Cabrillo College, March 20-21, 2000.

No future agenda items were added at today's meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m. (M/S/U - Toppel/Grams). These minutes are respectfully submitted by Grace Hazán, Academic Senate Secretary.